Sentence examples for despite conscientious from inspiring English sources

Despite conscientious efforts by the performers, there is little sense that either principal character has a proper identity to call his own.

On Thursday it felt lackluster rather than poetic, despite conscientious performances from Abi Stafford and Jenifer Ringer, partnered by Sébastien Marcovici and Jonathan Stafford (Ms. Stafford's brother), in the leading roles.

Another potential limitation is that, despite conscientious efforts to give residents a choice about participating in the study, residents may have felt pressured to attend the FGs; and the possibility of coercion in turn might have inhibited the honest expression of critical viewpoints.

The federal government has made its position plain in court papers: Despite any costs, despite any risk of possible lawsuits, despite any conscientious objections, "the Executive Branch of government has inherent power to require the assistance of citizens in carrying out its law enforcement duties," according to the Department of Justice.

Now the Navy, despite a conscientious effort to protect its ships when entering foreign ports, has been surprised by a new kind of terrorist assault.

Despite our conscientious efforts to trace patients, just under half (49%) of the original recruited sample provided NPCS-Gets data to compare with identified needs.

Despite his apparently conscientious questioning of his witnesses, Herodotus developed a reputation for credulity.

Present-day Britain has a lot to learn from our second world war history because, despite popular myth, conscientious objectors weren't always shunned by society but compelled to contribute to the war effort through ambulance and paramedic work or rebuilding neighbourhoods that had suffered extensive bomb damage.

Despite the appearance of conscientious objectors as hospital orderlies there is precious little talk of heroism or even moral justification.

Despite promoting her as empathetic and conscientious the creative team have also stressed Gwen's moral ambiguity by having her ethically compromised by her line of work.

Neither do any of those variables have any direct influence on wanting to help others, despite a priori intuitions that more conscientious, more empathetic, or deeper, more professionally motivated individuals might be more interested in doing so, or that those with particular academic strengths in science might be less interested in doing so.